# Volvo 240 transmission problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-240-transmission-problem/43065>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volvo, 240\
**Created:** [January 23, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-240-transmission-problem/43065 "2010-01-23T15:42:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![pnikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pnikki](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pnikki)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/volvo-240-transmission-problem/43065/1 "2010-01-23T15:42:37Z")

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Just now I heard a call to the radio show - a person’s Volvo 240 seemed to stick in low gear - ours had this problem and it turned out to be a malfunctioning electronic overdrive turn-off switch - our mechanic disabled the switch (which means we cannot turn OFF overdrive by pushing the little button on the shifter - no prob!) - and voila!